Hammer holder



Dec. 27, 1966 R. E. DANIELSON HAMMER HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec.'7, 1964 FIG. 3

INVENTOR RICHARD E. DANIELSON BY WM/p? Dec. 27, 1966 R. E. DANIELSONHAMMER HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec- 7, 1964 I INVENTOR RICHARD E.DANlELSON gay/21 ATTORNEYS V United States Patent 3,294,298 HAMMERHOLDER Richard E. Danielson, 6041 Newton Ave. S., I Minneapolis, Minn.55419 Filed Dec. 7, 1964, Ser. No. 416,328 4 Claims. (Cl. 224-) Theherein disclosed invention relates to hammer holders for attachment tothe clothing of the user and has for an object to provide a holder suchthat the handle of the hammer when in the holder may be grasped in therequired manner for use thereof and be withdrawn from the holderforthwith. I

Another object of the invention resides in providing the holder with areceptacle having a pocket open at the top for the reception of the headof the hammer with the handle projecting upwardly.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing supportingmeans attached to the receptacle for holding the holder attached to thebelt of the wearer.

An object of the invention resides in providing an insert attached tosaid receptacle and adapted to enter the pocket of the wearer to holdthe holder in place.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a construction inwhich the parts may swing relative to each other.

A still further object of the invention resides in constructing certainof the parts from flexible material to accommodate swinging thereof.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterillustrated and/or described.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hammer holder illustratin g anembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the hammer holder shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of FIG. 1 and showing thedevice.applied to the clothing of the wearer.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a hammer holder illustrating anembodiment of the invention and constructed of sheet material.

FIG. 6 is a developed view of the blank from which the receptacle isconstructed.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the structure shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view similar to FIG. .4 taken on line 88 of FIG. 5and showing the holder applied to the clothing of the wearer.

The form of the invention shown in FIGS. 14 is moulded in one piece toprovide a receptacle 10 having a back 11, a front 12, sides 13 and 14and a bottom 15. This receptacle is open at the top end and is ofdimensions to receive the head of a hammer when the same is insertedinto said receptacle as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 4. Extendingupwardly from the back 19 is an extension 16 which rises above the upperedges 17, 18 and 19 of the receptacle 10. A hole 29 is formed in thebottom so that water which may be collected in the receptacle 10 candrain out of the same.

Attached to the upper end of the extension 16 is a support 20 which isoffset from said extension and connected thereto by means of a thickenedportion 21. A hole 22 is formed in the support 20 and by means of whichthe holder may be hung on a hook when not desired for use. In additionto the hole 22, two vertical slots 23 and 24 are provided whereby a belt25 may be inserted to hold the holder supported from the clothing of theuser.

Extending downwardly from the thickened portion 21 is an insert 26 whichlies in substantially the same plane Patented Dec. 27, 1966 as the planeof the support 2t] thereby leaving a space 27 between said insert andthe back 11 of the receptacle 10.

In the use of the device, the insert 26 is inserted into the rear pocketof the user and the belt of the user runs through the slots 23 and 24.By means of this construction, the material forming the pocket isreceived within the space 27 and the back 11 overlies the same.

The construction shown is made of polyethylene or any other suitablematerial sufficiently strong to resist abusive use and is stillsufficiently flexible to allow the insert 26 to swing relative to thesupport 20 and relative to the receptacle 10.

In FIGS. S8, inclusive, the invention has been shown as constructed ofsheet material. In FIG. 6 the blank from which the receptacle isconstructed has been shown in developed form. This blank is indicated bythe reference numeral 30. The blank is cut from a sheet of materialsubstanti-ally rectangular in form having transverse edges 31 and 32 andlongitudinal edges 33 and 34. Extending across the lower portion of theblank are longitudinal scores 35 and 36 which are close to the edges 33and 34 and which provide flanges 37 and 38 when the blank is folded up.Inw-ardly of the scores 35 and 36 are other longitudinal scores 39 and46) which form the front 41 and the two sides 42 and 43 of thereceptacle. In addition to these scores two transverse scores 44 and 45which define the front 41 and the bottom 46, the back 47 and theextension 48. The corners of the blank defined by the scores 44, 39 and40 upwardly of the score 44 and outwardly of the scores 39 and 40 arecut away to make the width of the back 47 substantially equal to thewidth of the front 41 and the height of the sides 42 and 43substahtially equal to the height of the front 41. The upper portion ofthe extension 48 is cut :away as indicated at 49 and 50 for a purpose tobe presently described.

In erecting the receptacle, the blank is folded along the various scoresor in a direction away from the face of the blank to give the same aform shown in FIG. 5. The flanges 37 and 38 are then riveted by means ofrivets 51 to the back 47. If desired, the parts may be heat-sealedtogether thereby eliminating the use of the flanges 37 and 38 and rivets51.

The support for the holder is indicated by the reference numeral 52 andis constructed from a single rectangular sheet of polyethylene of awidth somewhat less than the width of the back 47 and of a lengthsufficient to bring the lower portion of the same when attached to theextension 48 to a suitable height to permit of attaching the same to thebelt of the user. For this purpose, the support 52 is constructed sothat the upper portion 53 thereof serves as a hanger for application tothe belt of the user and the lower portion 54 thereof serves as aninsert to be inserted in the pocket of the user. The hanger 53 isconstructed with a central hole 55 and two vertical slots 56 and 57similar to the hole 22 and the slots 23 and 24 of the other form of theinvention. A drainage hole 58 is also provided in the bottom 46 whichserves the same purpose as the hole 29 in the other fonm of theinvention.

Applicant has found that plastic sheet materials called acryl-onitrile,butadiene or styrene are suitable. Also relatively stiff leather may beused for the purpose.

The advantages of the invention are manifest. When the user wishes tosupport his hammer without laying it down, he merely grasps it by thehandle and inverts the hammer so that the head is lowermost and theninserts the head in the receptacle. Upon dropping the handle the hammerstays in a vertical position as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8 ready to begrasped by the user when further needed. When constructed of a plasticmaterial, the device will wear indefinitely and may be taken off whennot in use and hung on a hook or nail. The material being flexiblepermits the parts to swing relative to each other a to conform to thecontour of the body of the wearer and always holds the hammer inposition to be readily grasped by the user.

Changes in the specific form of the invention, as herein described, maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to beprotected by Letters Patent is:

1. A hammer holder comprising:

(a) a receptacle having a pocket for the reception of a hammer, saidpocket being open at the top to receive the hammer head with the handleextending upwardly,

(b) a hanger attached to said receptacle,

(c) means for attaching said hanger to the belt of the wearer and (d)'an insert depending from the hanger and adapted to be received in thepocket of the wearer said insent extending substantially below the opentop of the receptacle and being solely connected at its upper edge tosaid hanger, said connection being above the open top of the receptacleand said hanger inserted being of flexible material to penmit saidinsert to flex relative to said receptacle to thereby conform to thecontour of the body of the wearer.

2. A hammer holder comprising:

(a) a receptacle having a pocket for the reception of a hammer, saidpocket being open :at the top to receive the hammer head with the handleextending upwardly,

(b) a hanger with means for attaching said hanger to the belt of thewearer,

(c) means for swingably connecting said hanger to the receptacle and (d)an insert constructed of flexible material and being connected solely atits upper end to said hanger above the open top of said receptacle topermi-t'being inserted into a hip pocket of the wearer.

3. A hammer holder comprising:

(a) a receptacle having a pocket for the reception of :a hammer, saidpocket being open at the top to receive the hammer head with the handleextending upwardly,

(b) a hanger attached to said receptacle,

(c) means for attaching said hanger to the belt of the wearer and (d) aninsert and (e) means for swingably connecting said insert at its upperend to said hangerabove the open top of said receptacle to permit ofbeing inserted into a hip pocket of the wearer.

4. A hammer holder comprising:

(a) a receptacle having a pocket for the reception of a hammer, saidpocket being open at the top to receive a hammer head with the handleextending upwardly,

(b) said receptacle being constructed from bendable sheet materialproviding,

(c) aback,

(d) a bottom extending forwardly from said back,

(e) a front issuing upwardly from the forward edge of the bottom,

(f) sides issuing rearwardly from the lateral edges of said front,

(g) flanges issuing toward each other from the lateral edges of saidsides,

(h) said flanges overlying said back,

(i) means for securing said flanges to said back,

(j) an extension extending upwardly from said back and above said sidesand front,

(k) a backing secured to said extension near the upper portion of saidbacking and extending upwardly above said extension,

(1) means for attaching the upper portion of said backing to the belt ofthe user, and

(m) the lower portion of said backing overlying said back and forming aninsert for insertion into a pocket of the user.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,812,302 6/1931Nies 224--2 2,396,118 3 /1946 Ohlemeyer 224-3 2,424,302 7/ 1947 Brickey224--2 2,812,891 11/1957 Carlson et a1 224-26 2,956,715 10/ 1960Henderson 2245 3,100,590 8/1963 Bohlsen 2245 GERALD M. FORLENZA, PrimaryExaminer.

J. E. OLDS, Assistant Examiner.

4. A HAMMER HOLDER COMPRISING: (A) A RECEPTACLE HAVING A POCKET FOR THERECEPTION OF A HAMMER, SAID POCKET BEING OPEN AT THE TOP TO RECEIVE AHAMMER HEAD WITH THE HANDLE EXTENDING UPWARDLY, (B) SAID RECEPTACLEBEING CONSTRUCTED FROM BENDABLE SHEET MATERIAL PROVIDING, (C) A BACK,(D) A BOTTOM EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID BACK, (E) A FRONT ISSUINGUPWARDLY FROM THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE BOTTOM, (F) SIDES ISSUINGREARWARDLY FROM THE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID FRONT, (G) FLANGES ISSUINGTOWARD EACH OTHER FROM THE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID SIDES, (H) SAID FLANGESOVERLYING SAID BACK, (I) MEANS FOR SECURING SAID FLANGES TO SAID BACK,(J) AN EXTENSION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BACK AND ABOVE SAID SIDESAND FRONT, (K) A BACKING SECURED TO SAID EXTENSION NEAR THE UPPERPORTION OF SAID BACKING AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE SAID EXTENSION, (L)MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BACKING TO THE BELT OF THEUSER, AND (M) THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID BACKING OVERLYING SAID BACK ANDFORMING AN INSERT FOR INSERTION INTO A POCKET OF THE USER.